Snap polls ‘not a given’ if Umno, PAS quit Perikatan


Bede Hong

Perikatan’s grip on Putrajaya hangs on its razor-thin majority of two parliamentary seats. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, June 11, 2020.

SPECULATION is rife that Umno and PAS may pull out of Perikatan Nasional and trigger snap polls following recent statements that Muafakat Nasional is not only prepared for elections, but willing to go it alone.

PN has a razor-thin majority of two parliamentary seats. The coalition has 114 lawmakers, with Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s Bersatu controlling 32 seats. 


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